{"id":19806,"date":"2025-03-12T15:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/others\/historical-pieces\/pilots-balaclava\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:02:17","slug":"pilots-balaclava","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/en\/others\/historical-pieces\/pilots-balaclava\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot\u2019s Balaclava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"338\">This balaclava belonged to the Terceira aviator Frederico Coelho de Melo, who, on 4 October 1930, piloted the first aircraft to take off and land on Terceira Island, a single-engine Avro 504K biplane, which was named <em data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"335\">A\u00e7or<\/em>.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"511\">It is displayed in the commemorative exhibition <em data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"456\">\u201cThe Flight of the A\u00e7or | 90 Years of Aviation on Terceira Island\u201d<\/em>, open until 31 January 2021 in the Sala do Cap\u00edtulo.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"834\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><em data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"834\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Captain Pilot-Aviator Frederico Coelho de Melo (25 April 1895 \u2013 6 October 1971), born in the parish of Altares, Terceira Island, was a pioneer of military aviation in Portugal. 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